The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-02-24
TAKING STOCK.
Helen Campbell on the importance of
Accurate Accounts.

Helen Campbell on tho Importance o
Accurate Accounts.
(From the Pht'adelplia Times)
1t is q phrase familiar enough TO the
business man and understood III a degree
by the feminine element in the commu.
nifty who rCaliHC one phase ut least of its
meaning and arc aware that bargains
may be regarded asits synonym. 1t is a
season when every remnant and tag has
its place in the general account and is
forced to do such duty as may be in
swelling the years returns.
The hOusckccpcr, who also has her OK
pcricnces with tags and remnants, will
by 10 means admit that the same process
has any application to her system. On
the contrary, in spite of cooking schools
and an always increasing flood of cookery
books, journals and magazines, she
clinG5 to the early convictions that
''StCck" is one of the popular delusions
which must be rcnOunccd if common
sense is to govern life, and that soup
! founded upon stock is an extravaganza
to be trOwncd down and generally dis
cOuntcuUnccd.
'"iakr stock" said young house
keeper tic other day, in my hearing.
'Tak stock! Why don't they say take a
roc's egg or take II quart of nightingalcs'
tongues? Ono is as easy as the other
| Where ain | to get stock, | should like
to know, when there are only two of us
and VIC "n y want ittlo meat once q
day? And if | make soup that is good
Tor anything It takes just as much meat
as hat dozen people. Stock is q snare
ana tpiuNiun, and nobody bat mil
| Aonulrc can afford such extravaganza.
Now ~ remarks Of thiS order are con-
StantiE beard, III spite Of the long con
tuucu demonstration Of the TACT, in
! books mul out, that stock is the only
sotrtiOn Of the "lcft over" question SO
lar HS bones and bits Of very tough meat
ar concerned, it seems well to state
again that while clear soups dcmGnd
much meat, very good ones can be made
! with very little, and quite rs Snv0ry ones
with none at all. These last may bide
thclr time, deserving really some space
| by Themselves, the present article giving;
/ simply the possibilities, even where very
! little meat is used.
The young housckccpcr Just mon-
/ toned bad thrown into the bucket of
remnants, almost as she SPOKE, the
! skinny end OF Il porter-housc Steak, and
the bones Of chicken strwcl thc pre-
/ vl0us day, the remaining meat uu Which
| had been utilized in salad. Rescue was
not practicable, else demonstration would
h0VO been made then aud there that a
quart of very good stock had come to an
mtlmcl y cd at her hands Given an
earthcn O.. granite saucepan closely
! covered, Il steady heat and SLOW boiling,
barely more than simmer, and those
rejected possibilities, put in three pints
Oh cOld water with II tcnSpOOnfUl of salt,
! would have yielded up every atom OF
flavor and strength. The result, strained
and set away to cool, would have given
Il HimAlI cake oI lat, every particle rising
to the surface and leaving Il quart OF
clear broth fellow, ready to take on any
name desired. This alone would hardly
&c S;tVory or very nouriahing, but adding
rice, ton alto, little onion, and so on,
the combination indefinitely varied, n
turCCn OF satisfactory and well favored
soup would have been the outcome.
One OF the most savory and delicious
simple soups | ever ate had as small Il
beginning, and | give its full history as
an illustration of what the careful house
Keeper. who puts away all remnants
daiutily, can easily secure. The SOUP
was known as the "sayc-ull" soap, and it
began with Il quart of stock whvHc origin
was IN just materials rs those rejected by
/ the less experienced housckecpcr. From
! the refrigerator appeared the vegetable
plate on which | saw Il large spoonful Of
mashed potato, little stcwcd turnip
! and n remnant of squash. There was
| also n saucer of tomato and hall baked
apple, with IL slice Of cold toast.
"Not the applen' l said rs one thing
followed another into the saucepan; "you
cant mean to put III that apple?"
cone Of the most perfect currics
! ever ate owed part OF its perfection to
two tart apples minced iinc," my friend
sand calmly. await and you viii see.
Now the thing wants character. We will
mnco small onion and fry it brown in
some Ol the lat VIC took from the stock,
and here are three green stalks from
yesterdays cclrry."
J. WAS quite silent, for this was long
before personal experience had taught
me what might be. The onion WAS fried
II bright brown, SaltspOonful Of curry
| powder was added and the "mcss," as it
seemed, SlmmGrcd slowly for an hour.
! There WAS deepest dIStrISt in my mind
as 1t came at last to table and | gazcd at
the platcful before me.
''lt Is a series of incompatihiiiticS, I
SAID, with an inward groan, 'hut the
laws OF society prevent my throwing it
out Of the window. Here goes them"
''It IS dcliclOuS!" | added aloud, one
moment later and it was.
Since then the friendly 'Sayc all" has
done duty ut Last once week. Try it,
ialthIcsS housckccper, but remember
dalnticSt care is essential with all rem
nantS, which must never be kept too